Charlie Chaplin (Abridged speech at the end of "The Great Dictator." This article is excerpted from "Bazin on Chaplin") I'm sorry, but I'm not trying to be emperor. It's not what I'm going to do. I don't want to rule, and I don't want to conquer anyone. If possible, I want to help everyone, whether Christian or Jewish, white or black. We all have a desire to help each other. Civilized human nature is like this. We would like to live in shared happiness...not misfortune. We do not want to despise and hate each other. In this world, there is a place for everyone, and this fertile land is enough for everyone. The road to victory can be free and beautiful, but we have lost it. Greedy desire corrupts the human soul, wraps the world in layers of hatred, and makes us stride toward suffering and bloodshed. We have increased our speed, but we have become slaves to it; mechanization has brought great abundance, but it has also made us materialistic. Science makes us shameless, intelligence makes us hard-hearted. We think too much and feel too little. We need humanity rather than machinery, kindness and humility rather than resourcefulness. Without good character, life will only become cruel, then everything will be irreversible. Aircraft and radio brought us closer together. These inventions essentially call on the goodwill of this human being, asking all people to unite and live in harmony as brothers. Just like this moment, my voice is waiting to touch the hearts of thousands of people all over the world. To those who can hear my voice, I want to say: don't despair! The misfortune that befalls us only stems from insatiable greed, from those resentful people who fear the progress of mankind. Human hatred will eventually be a thing of the past, dictators will die, and the rights they usurped from the people will eventually belong to the people. As long as human beings are not afraid of sacrifice, freedom will be immortal. Soldiers, don't dedicate yourselves to these savages... those who despise you, enslave you, imprison you and force you to act, think, feel, those who tame you, feed you, do People who use cows as horses and treat you as cannon fodder! Don't let these anti-humans be driven, they are mechanical people with mechanical hearts. But you are not machines! You are not bulls and horses! You are human! You carry love and humanity in your hearts! Do not hate, only those who are not loved by their lover will hate. The unloved, the twisted... Soldiers, don't fight for slavery, fight for freedom! Luke chapter seventeen says, "The kingdom of God is among men." Not one person, not a group of people, but all human beings! In you, you, the people, there is the power to create machinery and the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to create a free and magnificent life... Let this life be an incomparably wonderful journey. So let's use this power in the name of democracy... let's all unite! Fight for a new world, a world that gives everyone a chance to work, a future for the youth, and a world where the elderly can live without food and clothing. With such promises, careerists stole power. But they are lying! They didn't keep their word and they will never keep their word! The dictators "liberated" themselves but turned the people into slaves! Now, let's fight to fulfill these promises! Let's fight for a more harmonious world...a scientific world where all human beings will benefit from progress! soldiers! Let us unite in the name of democracy! You, the people, have the power to create a life of freedom and beauty...and make this life an incredible journey. So let's use this power in the name of democracy... let's all unite! Fight for a new world, a world that gives everyone a chance to work, a future for the youth, and a world where the elderly can live without food and clothing. With such promises, careerists stole power. But they are lying! They didn't keep their word and they will never keep their word! The dictators "liberated" themselves but turned the people into slaves! Now, let's fight to fulfill these promises! Let's fight for a more harmonious world...a scientific world where all human beings will benefit from progress! soldiers! Let us unite in the name of democracy! You, the people, have the power to create a life of freedom and beauty...and make this life an incredible journey. So let's use this power in the name of democracy... let's all unite! Fight for a new world, a world that gives everyone a chance to work, a future for the youth, and a world where the elderly can live without food and clothing. With such promises, careerists stole power. But they are lying! They didn't keep their word and they will never keep their word! The dictators "liberated" themselves but turned the people into slaves! Now, let's fight to fulfill these promises! Let's fight for a more harmonious world...a scientific world where all human beings will benefit from progress! soldiers! Let us unite in the name of democracy!
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